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It is due to start generating power in the first quarter of 2016, said a statement from developer Pacifico Energy, a subsidiary of Virginia Solar which this year plans to start building 200MW across four projects.

Kumenan will sell power to a local utility under a 20-year purchase agreement.

EPC at the project will be handled by Toyo Engineering.

In late March GE confirmed it is contemplating an investment in what would be Japan's biggest project, a 230MW array in Setouchi, Okayama Prefecture.